Jazz Hoeilaart Intern' l Contest will organize In collaboration with the Brussels Jazz Orchestra its second

• The contest is open to all nationalities
• Participating musicians must be younger than 40 years
• Candidates have to forward their composition before the 1st of July
• A Jury of the preselection will choose maximum 5 candidates for the finals
• The finals will be held in the framework of the "JazzHoeilaart Intern'l Contest" at the Community Centre de Bosuil at 3090 Jezus-eik/Overijse
• The prizewinner will recieive the "BJOICC-AWARD" to the amount of 1500 euro besides the publishing of the compostion on cd ; there will be also the "Prize OF THE PUBLIC" etc..

FINALE BJOICC 2004 – 26/9 The third edition of the Brussels Jazz Orchestra International Composition Contest promises a lot. This year, we received 26 inscriptions from Holland, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, USA, Canada, Australia, Finland, France, UK and Spain. Unfortunately, we didn’t receive any Belgian compositions.

The preselection jury (some musicians of the BJO) choose five finalists:

• Christina Fuchs Germany
• Hubert Lochs Holland
• Martin Ivanov Canada
• Marco De Bruin Holland
• Carlos Azevedo Portugal

Last year, the Portuguese composer Carlos Azevedo was also in the finale. He participated again and was once more chosen as a finalist!

On Sunday 26/9, the BJO will play the compositions of the five finalists under the direction of the composers. An international jury (Michel Herr (B), Jan Wessels (NL), Pierre Bertrand (FR), Florian Ross (D) and Erik Moseholm (DK), with Paul Peeters as chairman of the jury) will choose the best composition and the winning composer will receive €1500 and a recording of his composition on CD.

This finale takes place on the last day of the Jazz Hoeilaart festival; during the deliberation, you will hear a concert of the winning band of the Jazz Hoeilaart Contest.

INFO :
Brussels Jazz Orchestra vzw - Koen Maes
Belvédčre-straat 27/8 B-1050 BRUSSELS-BELGIUM
More details:
www.brusselsjazzorchestra.com